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16 March 2020TrademarksEdward Pearcey

Microsoft sues creators of mass-spamming bots for trademark infringement

Microsoft is suing unnamed actors for using and creating the “Necurs botnet,” a large network of computers deliberately infecting millions of devices and then sending spam emails, which the software giant claims damages its reputation.

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